On Friday, I had my first appointment with the doc. Man, I was there for 3 hours!! I had to meet with the insurance person, do the family medical history with the nurse, then meet the doc for the ultrasound and pap, and then get all my blood work done. They said this first appt is always the longest. When I met with the insurance lady, she told me that my insurance covers everything 100%!! Woo hoo!! I don't even have to pay one co-pay, that was pretty cool. The doc said the ultrasound looked good, right on track and he could see the heartbeat on the monitor. We talked about all the tests and extra ultrasounds I had done with Brianna because of my Graves and he said some of the tests I had done then have not been proven in the medical field as being necessary or accurate. He said I will have another ultrasound in 4 weeks to see how everything looks and hear the heartbeat. Then I will have one at 17 weeks to look in depth at the major organs. If everything looks ok, I will not have to have any more tests done. That kind of worries me. Although what my other docs had found with Brianna turned out to be nothing in the end, I think it was better to have known about them in the beginning. It did freak us out and everything with her, but like I said, I would rather know than think everything is fine. So we'll see what happens. I may have to do some persuading. I did get a call from them the next day though saying that my thyroid levels are already elevated due to the preg hormones so my meds are being increased. That was not a shocker as it was the same last time.

I got a couple of pics of Baby B, who right now just looks like a little blob, so Baby Blob I guess. I put a pic in the photo album but I have to try and scan it some other way because it is very blurry since it is a pic of the pic.

Still feeling good for now although I was throwing up from 5pm Sunday until about 3:30am. I really think it was just a bug or something because there is no way that was from pregnancy. I feel good now though.

I rearranged my closet this weekend to get out all of my cute maternity clothes. I have had to put away all of my size 2's  that is so sad.  Still not at the point where I need to wear my maternity shirts or anything but I can feel myself getting wider and wider. Its these damn hips.....

We finally got to tell my parents this weekend that we are expecting again. I wanted to tell them in person and it just happened to work out that they were coming down to visit.  Before they came down, I was talking to my Mom and she was telling me how next time I get pregnant, I need to buy a big sister shirt for Brianna and tell them that way because she had seen one in the mall. She said wouldn't that be funny? And of course I said "hysterical" knowing all along that I had already bought one for her to wear. I automatically thought she knew already and called my sister and brother to see if they had opened their big mouths. Mainly, I thought it was my sister because I was sure my brother, being a man and all, had already forgotten about it. But Kristee swore she didn't tell so it was just a coincidence.

So when Bobby got home from work, I took Brianna upstairs to change her to go out to dinner and I put her big sister shirt on her. When we got back downstairs, she ran and hid behind the arm of the couch so my parents couldn't see what her shirt said. My mom kept telling her to come over so she could see what the shirt said, she thought it was a Yankees shirt. So my mom then went over to her and read it herself. As soon as she read it, she looked back at us and started screaming and my dad, who still didn't know what the shirt said, was like "what is going on?" My mom then told him and he was like "already?", real nice. But they both were very excited and of course my mom got on the phone right away. It was very cool. I am glad we waited to tell them in person.

So far, still no symptoms like with Brianna. I get nauseaus every now again but I haven't actually thrown up. And I am only talking like 2 times so far. Everything else is fine and besides my pants getting a little snug, I feel great. Still wearing my size 2's though so I am psyched about that but I am sure that won't last for too much longer. Good thing I kept all my bigger clothes so I won't have to go straight to maternity wear, although those clothes are all oh so cute.

On another note, Bobby keeps insisting that this baby is a boy. I keep reminding him though that he said that all along with Brianna too until we were told she was in fact a she. I know he really wants a boy though but just another healthy baby is good enough for both of us. Me personally, I think a boy would be nice so we would have one of each but then I start thinking about all those millions of girl clothes I have in Brianna's closet that she has grown out of. So much money there. And this is our second child so we won't have a baby shower, I just think about having to buy all those clothes ourselves this time. Well, not ALL of them, as I know our families will still get us little things, but still...... Oh well, either way, boy or girl I will be happy as long as they are healthy.

So over the weekend, we decided to tell Bobby's family that we are expecting again.  I needed to at least tell some people, it is killing me to wait to tell my family. Bobby's mom was really excited and so was his sister. And to quote his brother who sent us a text "Congratulations you horny bastards!" lol....

I have been feeling fine so far. Honestly I don't even feel like I am pregnant. With Brianna, I was sick the entire pregnancy and so far (knock on wood) I haven't been yet. I got a little nauseaus last night but I didn't get sick. And again, quitting smoking has been so easy. I quit the day I found out again, like I did with Brianna. Maybe this time it will last forever....

Well, you guessed it, we are pregnant again! Baby #2 will arrive sometime around December 3rd 2008!! It was confirmed with the doc yesterday, although I have unofficially known for a few days.

When I was pregnant with Brianna, I kept a journal on this site to keep everyone up to date on all that was happening with the pregnancy. (Brianna's journal) Now with us being so far away from our entire family, this journal is the perfect way to keep everyone informed about what is going on with us.

To begin, I decided to go off of my birth control last month since it took us 8 months to get pregnant with Brianna.  My friends think I am insane because I tell them that I can feel when I ovulate and I can even tell which ovary it is. Needless to say, I will never be doubted again on that one because here we are after only 1 time of "trying"!!! I think I am still in shock actually and Bobby didn't know what to say. But it is an awesome feeling again and I am so excited to be starting this pregnancy journey all over again.

When our new addition arrives, Brianna will have just turned 2 the previous month (11/15).  As Bobby says "A 2 year old and a newborn, oh God..." Me on the other hand, I am in the theory of we just need to keep our sanity for the next 2 years and then they can amuse each other and in turn amuse us.

Our families don't know yet but we will tell them soon. My parents are coming to visit in 2 weeks so we get to tell them in person. How I am going to wait a whole 2 weeks, I have no clue. It is killing me already and I have only known for one day! I bought a cute little t-shirt for Brianna to wear when they come that says "I have a secret, I am going to be a big sister". It will be funny to see how long it takes them to see it.

Our first doc appointment is April 24th which is so exciting! More to come...... And I am going to try and keep this journal only for our new baby and not have everything Brianna does in here. I don't think it would be fair for our new baby to read their journal years from now and have it all about things their big sister did!! Anyway, that will be the idea but we'll see if it really happens......